David Simpson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Simpson on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Regular Forces were stationed in Northern Ireland in 2014.

Mr Mark Francois

The number of UK Regular Forces stationed in Northern Ireland in 2014 can be found in the Ministry of Defence Quarterly Location Statistics on the Gov.UK website at the following link:

www.gov.uk/location-of-all-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-quarterly-statistics-index

The information is reproduced below.

UK Regular Forces stationed in Northern Ireland in 2014 (as at October 2014)

Officers

210

Other ranks

2,130

Total

2,340

Due to the rounding methods used, figures may not always equal the sum of their rounded parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.

UK Regular Forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded